Confluence, synnovation, and depauperons in plant diversification

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 260-274

  Donoghue, Michael J ^a   Sanderson, Michael J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Extinction rate; Phylogeny; Radiation; Speciation rate; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VASCULAR PLANT;

BROMELIACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

BIODIVERSITY; BROMELIACEAE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BROMELIACEAE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84931462508     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13367     Document Type: Article

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